Oct. 6, 2004
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The Game: Johns Hopkins (3-1, 0-1 CC) travels to Lancaster, Pennsylvania to take on Franklin & Marshall (4-1, 1-0).
The Teams: Johns Hopkins fell from the ranks of the unbeaten with a 17-7 loss against Dickinson at home last Friday night. F&M stunned Muhlenberg, 15-10 in Allentown last Saturday afternoon.
In the Rankings: Johns Hopkins is receiving votes in this week?s AFCA and d3football.com polls.
Streaks Snapped: Last Friday?s loss against Dickinson snapped a six-game overall winning streak, a 10-game home winning streak and 13-game winning streak in Centennial Conference openers (a league record).
More Streaking: JHU is 17-2 in its last 19 games dating back to the final four games of the 2002 season. JHU has never won more than 17 games in any 20-game span in school history.
24-of-28: Johns Hopkins is 24-4 in its last 28 games dating back to the final two games of the 2001 season.
The Coach: Johns Hopkins is coached by Jim Margraff (JHU ?82), who is in his 15th season as the head coach at Homewood. With the season-opening win over Washington & Lee in 2001, Margraff became the all-time winningest coach in school history and he now sports an overall record of 88-54-3 (.617). The previous record for wins by a Johns Hopkins football coach was 60 by Ray Van Orman (1920-35).
Margraff guided the Blue Jays to a then school-record-tying seven wins in 1996, 1997 and 1998 before leading the Blue Jays to their first-ever playoff appearance (and victory), first-ever Centennial Conference title and a school-record nine wins in 2002. He topped that last season as JHU posted a 10-1 record with Centennial and ECAC South Atlantic Championships. Margraff?s .617 winning percentage is second among JHU coaches who have coached 30 or more games and the Blue Jays are 64-30-1 (.679) since the beginning of the 1995 season.
Margraff?s Resurrection: Since taking over as the head coach prior to the 1990 season, Jim Margraff has guided JHU to 10 winning seasons and 88 wins. The 88 wins are just one less than Hopkins accumulated in the previous 22 years combined (1968-89). During that time, Hopkins posted 11 winning seasons and won 89 games.
Home Sweet Home: Since the beginning of the 1996 season, Hopkins is 34-10 (.773) at home and has a pair of 10-game home winning streaks to its credit (1996-97 & 2002-04). Under head coach Jim Margraff the Blue Jays are 53-18-2 (.740) at home and JHU has won 10 of its last 11 and 16 of 19 at home.
More Home Sweet Home: During their last 11 home games the Blue Jays have outscored the opposition, 323-116.
The Road Most Traveled: Johns Hopkins is 13-5 in its last 18 road games. The Blue Jays were 4-1 on the road in 2002 and 2003. The Blue Jays are 10-2 in their last 12 road games since dropping back-to-back road tilts late in the 2001 season.
It?s All in the Speech: There must be something to what head coach Jim Margraff says in the locker room before the Blue Jays take the field. Hopkins has outscored the opposition, 31-3 in the first quarter this season and 17-10 in the third quarter. Dating back to the beginning of last season (a span of 14 games) JHU has outscored the opposition, 84-20 in the first quarter and 101-24 in the third.
Sack Masters: In 11 games last season the Johns Hopkins defense came up with a total of 20 sacks. Through four games this season the Blue Jays already have a Centennial Conference-best 17 sacks to their credit. JHU had five in the season-opener against Rochester and nine in the win over Carnegie Mellon. Eight different players have already registered at least one sack on the year with Brian Cook leading the way with 5.0. Last season Alan Cody led the Blue Jays with 3.5 sacks.
Caught Behind the Line: In addition to the 17 sacks the Blue Jays have already registered this season, the Blue Jay defense has also amassed 42 other tackles for losses on the year. Brian Cook leads the way with 11 tackles for losses, including his five sacks, among his 25 stops on the year.
Keys to Success: Johns Hopkins is an impressive 55-4 (.932) under head coach Jim Margraff when scoring 24 or more points...currently, the Blue Jays have won 42 of their last 44 when scoring 24 or more...at the same time, Hopkins is 60-9-2 (.859) when holding the opposition to 14 points or less since Margraff arrived for the 1990 season...the Blue Jays have won 25 of their last 26 games when holding the opposition to 14 points or less.
And They Shall Lead Us: The Blue Jays selected three players to serve as team captains for the 2004 season: senior DB Matt Campbell (Hillsborough, NJ/Hillsborough), senior RB Adam Cook (New Freedom, PA/Susquehannock) and senior OL Matt Weeks (Landisville, PA/Hempfield).
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